“The
fact of the matter is, the comparison between her [Sarah Palin] and
Hillary Clinton is the comparison between an igloo and the Empire State
Building!”
— Host Chris Matthews on MSNBC’s Hardball, October 14. [50
points]

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Runners-up:

“If
Sarah Palin becomes Vice President, will she be shortchanging her kids
or will she be shortchanging the country?”
— NBC reporter Amy Robach on Today, September 3. [42]

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“You
know, the one thing that I don’t think anybody’s said yet is that she’s
very mean to animals, this woman. Why does she have it in for these poor
polar bear and the caribou and she aerial kills wolves? That’s a very
mean thing to do. I think that that’s an important point.”
— ABC The View co-host Joy Behar explaining her opposition to
Palin, CNN’s Larry King Live, September 9. [41]

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“Is
this [vice presidential debate] about her brain power?... Do you think
cute will beat brains?...Do you think she’d do better on the questions
on Jeopardy, or the interview they do during a half-time?...My
suspicion is that she has the same lack of intellectual curiosity that
the President of the United States has right now, and that is scary!”
— MSNBC’s Chris Matthews during the 7pm EDT Hardball on October
2, a couple of hours before the vice presidential debate. [35]

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“A
campaign that’s turned down and dirty: Down in the polls, the McCain
campaign has found a new attack dog.... Yesterday she [Sarah Palin] took
after Barack Obama in a style reminiscent of Spiro Agnew when he was
Richard Nixon’s running mate.”—
CBS’s Bob Schieffer opening the October 5 Face the Nation. [31]